By Paul Duclos Published: October, 2013 Ferry commuters in Maine play a major role in San Francisco Opera’s world premiere of composer Tobias Picker’s opera Dolores Claiborne. That’s hardly the only reason to see it, however. Picker’s opera reconceives award-winning author Stephen King’s 1993 novel Dolores Claiborne for the operatic stage. The book was previously […]
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Federal Budget Cuts Decimate Fleet Week
By Joel Williams Published: October, 2013 San Francisco and Fleet Week share a long and storied history that originated in 1908 with the arrival of the "Great White Fleet" to the Bay during its round-the-world 14-month voyage. Consisting of 16 battleships of the Atlantic Fleet and various smaller vessels, this legendary flotilla featured hulls painted […]
Western Grebes Arriving at Their Seasonal San Francisco Bay Home
By Deb Self Published: October, 2013 On autumn nights, flocks of western grebes end their migration by alighting on San Francisco Bay, their seasonal home. These strikingly beautiful birds are about two and half feet long, black on top with white undersides. They have yellow beaks, bright red eyes, and long, swanlike necks. Migrating by […]
New Program Brings Oasis to Richmond Food Desert
By Bill Picture Published: October, 2013 Limited access to fresh produce is a challenge faced by residents of some urban communities like Richmond that are grappling with disproportionately high instances of obesity, particularly childhood obesity, and diet-related health issues such as diabetes and heart disease. To address this issue, the Contra Costa County Board of […]
WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES October 2013
Published: October, 2013 October 6 10AM – 12:30PM – Family Adventure Sail – Call of the Sea, Sausalito, 415-331-3214, www.callofthesea.org Climb aboard the classic schooner Seaward and see San Francisco from the water! Help the crew raise the sails and steer the boat, or just sit back and enjoy the view! Morning winds are typically […]
Around the Bay in October 2013
Published: October, 2013 PIER39 Waterfront Fireworks Display &Pinktober To celebrate its 35th anniversary, PIER39 will be presenting a spectacular fireworks display over the San Francisco Bay at 8:30 p.m. every Saturday in October. You can also visit the Hard Rock Cafe on select Saturdays immediately following the fireworks for LIFE Music Nights/PINKTOBER, where some of […]
ON OUR COVER September 2013
Published: September, 2013 Under construction for more than a decade, the new Bay Bridge East Span is finally opening for business. Nearly 25 years after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the original 1936 span, the Bay Area public will be able to drive on a contemporary and seismically safe new bridge designed to ride […]
Reports on Procurement and Exports Address Bay Area Shipper Concerns
By Patrick Burnson Published: September, 2013 San Francisco-based BSR and Hilton Worldwide recently released a new report highlighting year-one findings from the Center for Sustainable Procurement (CSP), an initiative launched in May 2012 to help global business procurement managers integrate sustainability into their purchasing decisions. The research is the first published work of the CSP […]
Senior Deckhand Tim Patrick
By Matt Larson Published: September, 2013 Tim Patrick, senior deckhand for Blue & Gold Fleet, has been working the San Francisco waterways for the past 18 years, but he has been on the water for most of his life—from the Great Lakes all the way to the South Pacific. Working for Harbor Bay Maritime for […]
Volunteers Will Flock to Coastal Cleanup Day
By Mallory Johnson Published: September, 2013 This September 21 will mark the 28th annual Coastal Cleanup Day, the largest volunteer event in California. Organized by the California Coastal Commission in 1985, close to 2,500 people came out for California’s first-ever Coastal Cleanup Day. The number of volunteers for this yearly event has been steadily growing, […]